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Curved dog grooming scissors. Scissor sisters can t come quickly enough. Curved Dog Grooming Scissors
it's all hair I've had "wash and wear" dogs where it really wasn't necessary to own a dog brush, but now I own a dog who I brush more often than I brush my own hair. I've found that it's much easier to brush him every day for a bit than to wait awhile and spend up to an hour or so trying to get out the knots and mats. Plus, it's a lot easier on my hand and arm! I watched a few YouTube videos on grooming a Pomeranian and found a few pictures of show Pomeranians that I liked and used them as a guide. At first, trimming Flint was kind of hard. My cuts were blunt and it took me awhile to learn how to get that rounded shape all over. The professional groomers make it look so easy. They have these special curved scissors to help get that rounded look but I've only used a regular pair of scissors and it does the job okay. The easiest to learn how to trim were his feet. The hardest to learn was his entire front..haha. I just keep reminding myself that "it grows back." I'm more confident now, but I'm still afraid to mess up so I will usually do an initial trim and then trim a bit here and there over a few days. I'd make a terrible groomer. "Sure, I can groom your dog... you can pick him up in a few days when I'm done." :) 7 52 Being Beautiful is Hard Work
As the only one with opposable thumbs in this pack, I get the fun of being head groomer. Unlike dogs with thick undercoats, poodles shed minimally. Their fur continues to grow and needs to be clipped regularly. There are many different clips and some require lots of care (Continental) and others not as much (Sporting). I keep my boyz in a modified Town & Country which means shaved close on feet, face, base of tail and main body while the chest, legs, ears, top knot and tail are longer. Because I do the grooming myself, I rotate the tasks to keep each weekend's work time to a minimum. This weekend it was legs and chest trims which is a whole mess of scissoring (at least in the winter when I keep it longer for warmth.) Mercury Fact Seven: He is stoic. If you notice in the bottom middle toe shot, I "quicked" him when trimming his nails. He never even told me I'd drawn blood. It wasn't until today when I opened the shots that I realized he had bled. Ouch. I guess being beautiful is painful as well, sorry Merc. Related topics: rock paper scissors video scissor pattern scissor sisters tour dates 2011 cloth scissors kuhn rikon kitchen shears filthy gorgeous lyrics scissor sisters rock paper scissors lizard spock tshirt |